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Pip Count – the sum of pips a player needs to move his checkers to his home board and then bear them off. At the beginning of the game, the pip count of each player is 167.

Pips – the unit of space between one point to another on the backgammon
board. Also the points on the face of dice that marks the value of the face

Play Safe – to avoid leaving blots vulnerable to being hit

Points –

The 24 triangles on the backgammon board
The unit of scoring

Position - the arrangement of the checkers on the backgammon board

Post-Crawford – the game that follows the Crawford Game

Prime - six consecutive made points that blocks the opponent's checkers

Pure Race – a game in which the players' goal is to move their checkers home and bear them off as soon as possible while preventing the opponent from hittinb or blocking